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Bhakti Event

This training is at the heart of everything Shaktirasa. Connect to one of Tantra's core methods of awakening: Bhakti (love and devotion towards the sacredness of life itself). For centuries, mystics, poets, shamans, and yogis have been mapping the way, offering the love-technology that reveals our truest nature, our most radiant, shining self.

This training will focus on both a historical and practical approach to working with love as an enlightenment methodology. We will deeply study the key mystical teachings from several traditions, and focus on five time-tested methods for awakening love in the body. If the likes Christ, Mary Magdalene, Hafiz, Rumi and Saint Teresa of Avila ring your bell, this training is for you.

Join us in Shakti School's hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia, for three days of live training and two days of lecture and class via live teleconference to open, cement and integrate these teachings.

This module consist of 5 training days:

  • June 27: Full day (about 6 hours) live-stream online teleconference
  • July 10-12: Live training in Charlottesville, Virginia (Now available via live-stream too!)
  • July 18: Full day of Integration live-stream online teleconference

This training will sell out by the spring. Please register early.

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Are you ready to go deep in the most loving way?

Pay in Full

$595

Register

Payment Plan

$199/month for 3 months

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Virtual Attendance

Attend this training entirely from the comfort of your home. In-person portions will be professionally live streamed and recordings will be available so you can watch and re-watch on your own time.

$480

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$160/month for 3 months

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​Info on Logistics:

Shakti School headquarters is conveniently located in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia with opportunities to experience the best of Virginia's foodie town! There are affordable AirBnB and hotel options within walking distance of the school and a local airport (CHO). We are a block from Halo Salt Spa for massages and salt meditation caves/sauna, and close to hiking and nature walks: Rivanna River, Observatory Hill and Monticello Trails. Prior to the training you will receive a Welcome Packet with more details on logistics and support from our staff.

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Terms and Conditions

Cancellations made more than 90 days from the start date of the event are subject to a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made 89-61 days from the start date of the training will receive a refund of payment, minus the non-refundable deposit that is 20% of total tuition. There are no refunds for cancellations within 60 days of the training. Payments cannot be used towards another training.

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Remember some of the qualities of pitta: hot, ligh Remember some of the qualities of pitta: hot, light, oily, sharp, intense, and mobile. 

Because of these inherent qualities, pitta-type people will do best with forms of body movement that cultivate the opposing qualities (i.e., exercising in temperate or cool weather, and exercising in a calm and steady way). 

Working out in this manner will help relieve some of the tension, intensity, heat, and irritability associated with pitta imbalance. It will also help get rid of any excess Fire (i.e., stress and acid) in the body, most specifically in the sites where heat accumulates—small intestine, liver, blood, head, and eyes. If you exercise in a way that aggravates pitta, you will actually accumulate more Fire in those body parts. 

Any body type will benefit from using the pitta-reducing routine if they are relatively healthy and it is summer.

Pitta types can tend to be overly competitive and “burn out.” Make sure to hydrate your pitta body with water or other liquids, particularly in the summer time.

🌿 Ready to explore a softer, deeper way to approach healing and women’s health? Comment WISDOM to get our free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda mini-course right now.
Put all of the ingredients except the zinc into a Put all of the ingredients except the zinc into a large glass mason jar. Fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water and place that on medium heat. Loosely fit the lid on the jar and place that in the water. ⁠
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Let all those ingredients melt together completely, shaking or stirring to get it all blended.⁠
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Once everything is melted, take it off the heat, add in the zinc, secure the lid, shake it up and stir it well. Then pour it into whatever container you plan on keeping the sunscreen in and let it cool.⁠
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This sunscreen has around 35 to 40 SPF naturally!⁠
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And one more thing - if you still love conventional sunscreen and want to keep using it, just avoid any sunscreen that has oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is found in about 40% of sunscreens and it’s been banned in Japan and parts of Europe because it’s been found to be a major endocrine disruptor related to infertility, hormone imbalance and low birth rates.⁠
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Remember the golden rule in Ayurveda: ⁠
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We don’t put anything on our skin that we would not use in our kitchen. 🥣⁠
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Enjoy your summer and take care of your skin! ✨⁠
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P.S. Beautiful person - I wanna let you know that The Shakti School doors are officially open for our next Level 1 cohort starting January 2027. This is more than a certification. It’s a living field of women who become mirrors, mentors, and soul-sisters for your unfolding, and it will absolutely change your life from the inside out. Early bird registration is officially here!⁠
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🌹 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL to learn more about our yearlong Ayurvedic Health Coach Certification Training.⁠
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🌿 Ready for a taste of feminine-form Ayurveda right now? Comment WISDOM and we’ll send you our free Ayurveda + Women’s Wisdom mini course.
One thing about Pitta types… they usually have a One thing about Pitta types… they usually have an opinion. 🔥😉

I see pitta as a glowingly hot arrow. She is the heat of transformation. She is the energy of Fire and a little Water. You may have experienced pitta’s imbalanced side when you have had fever, loose stools, skin rash or acne, or the heated emotions of anger and frustration.

On the plane of the mind and spirit, pitta carries the gift of discernment that can cut through the smokescreen, allowing you to see a situation clearly.

You know your mental pitta is weak, for example, if you continually repeat the same life errors over and over again (I think of dating).

You will know your mental fire is getting stronger when you can quickly sift the wheat from the chaff-and do so with grace and kindness. 

When we use our pitta fire for good, we have the ability to see the white-hot truth about ourselves and others. 

When it is out of balance, we become overly critical and compulsive—like those people who insist on rearranging others’ emotional spice cabinets or micromanaging a grown child’s life path.

🌱 Are you ready to learn more about the three Ayurvedic mind-body types AKA doshas? Learn more in my podcast episode, “The Three Doshas: Are You a Bullfrog or an Orchid?” 

Comment “179” and I’ll send you the link!
Join us for Dopamine, Desire & The Sacred Feminine Join us for Dopamine, Desire & The Sacred Feminine: Reclaiming Kama, Creativity & the Lost Art of Longing this month in the Spirit Sessions Membership. 🔥
We live in a world engineered to hijack desire. 

Every scroll, click, notification and purchase promises satisfaction, yet many women feel more exhausted, disconnected and uninspired than ever. 

In this provocative Spirit Session, Katie explores the difference between dopamine-driven craving and the deeper force of kama described in Ayurveda and Tantra: the sacred life force that fuels love, creativity, intimacy, purpose and spiritual awakening. 

Together we’ll examine how modern culture fragments our attention and drains our vitality, and how reclaiming desire as a sacred force can restore radiance, passion and meaning.

In this session you’ll learn:

✨ The difference between dopamine-driven stimulation and authentic desire
✨ Why so many women feel simultaneously overstimulated and undernourished
✨ The Ayurvedic understanding of kama as a sacred force of creation
✨ How chronic scrolling, shopping, achievement and distraction can distort the natural flow of life force
✨ The surprising connection between sexual energy, creativity, purpose and spiritual vitality
✨ How to recognize the difference between longing that depletes you and longing that awakens you
✨ Why desire is not the enemy of spirituality, but one of its most misunderstood doorways
✨ The relationship between Shakti, magnetism, beauty and embodied feminine power
✨ Practices to restore healthy desire, reclaim your attention and reconnect with what truly nourishes you
✨ How to move from addiction, compulsion and burnout into inspiration, devotion and aliveness

Join us LIVE for this workshop on June 11th at 10am US Eastern Time or catch the replay (plus get access to our massive vault of prior workshops and classes) when you join the membership. 

🌹 Join Spirit Sessions for $28/month and cancel anytime - comment MEMBERSHIP to learn more.
Many of you know my house pretty much was totaled Many of you know my house pretty much was totaled in a fire. Lost most everything I owned in the span of a few hours. ⁠
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I was amazed at my resiliency. Still am. ⁠
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But I wanna’ be honest with you about my “aftermath.”⁠
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As the insurance “battles” mounted and the home rebuild “project” ensued, I have found myself asking myself to become even more disciplined than ever. ⁠
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But that level of ask is hard on a woman’s body. We aren’t meant to always be “on.” We are not meant for constant war. ⁠
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Over and over again over the past few months, I have had to remind myself that my biology is cyclical, rhythmic, relational and sensitive to stress. I need nourishment, sunlight, sleep, safety, touch, meaning, laughter and connection.⁠
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I’ve had to remind myself that I am not like my boyfriend, whose man-hormones largely operate on a 24-hour cycle. My body moves through an intricate symphony over the course of a month. ⁠
Ayurveda has understood this for thousands of years.⁠
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In Ayurveda, healing is not domination over the body. Healing comes from creating a loving relationship with the body.⁠
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The feminine system thrives with:⁠
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🌞 warmth⁠
🌞 mineral-rich nourishment⁠
🌞 adequate rest⁠
🌞 cyclical living⁠
🌞 pleasure without guilt⁠
🌞 movement that energizes instead of depletes⁠
🌞 deep breathing states⁠
🌞 community⁠
🌞 rhythm⁠
🌞 enoughness⁠
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This does not mean women are weak. ⁠
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It means women are powerful in a different way. And men need these things too. ⁠
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As I do less and feel more, the results are pretty fast: sleep deepens, cravings calm, I have more energy to workout, my skin tone improves, my belly flattens and my desire to love-romp returns. ⁠
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Here’s a reminder to myself and you in what can be challenging times: stop believing your worth is measured by how much exhaustion you can tolerate.⁠
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At The Shakti School, this is one of the deepest conversations we have with women.⁠
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We dive into all of this and more in our free course, Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda. And it’s yours to dive into starting right now. ⁠
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Just comment WISDOM below and I’ll send it to you. 🌹🌙⁠
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With warmth,⁠
Katie

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